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FBEDERCK E. ANDEBSQN, F .PTTSBURG-H,

STATES GLASS CGMPANY. GF PITTSBURGH, YENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATIE XENNSYLVANIA.

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lli l it lnnmn that l. Fui-:misura l. Nunnsnx. :i ritiirn nl' thv linilml States. and resiilein mi' l'ilsiifiigh. in illu vuurty of .\ll fin/ny and filmtv nl' lrnxisvirania. haifiuwnli'd i-r-rtain ns'iw ind usvful improvenwnts in4 Drinking* liasses oi' .cliirh thv fnllmviiiggj is :i spvriiivatiin.

lt is :i urli rumgini/.vd vnnditiun in that portion uf lhf films tradi* having: l0 d0 `with thv inanlli'iiruw Vand nin. winp of drinking ghism-.s in' tunililms hhewn in past/o n'uildsv that thxyY rhip un thv tvp lfdgipi lip` und this chippin; r wsnlls in nin-rh \w iste in thus@ usos whew thv glasswarv is rlnsoly watched for -thu' immoral i from servire of uial'rad piges.. ll'hvrv wrm-rs ni i'rei'niagffs are less particular a drinking; glass without a rhippvd led is thr- =Xra ptiun rather than the rule. 'vlunrhn www, f'. if.. thin blown ghnssvs whirl; are made in paste molds. is particularly s1i wpihh to vl vpingf du@ to its fi'agilu natunx and tu thil fart that the tup edge is usualliv tliv pnrtion most vxpnsml, in man)v lines 'or shapis thfaghissvs living! Oli With :i ghissos closely .issvinliled,

as un aliar, or a suda viatrr countor, and' eren assuf'h glasses arv asswinhlad for hunw use, the edges 0f :idjznvut glasses strilto'tnl gethcr when muwd or iarimh or when a glass is being plat-vd anmng other glasses 0n a har or munten and as cmnparatively littleforcc m' Cmicussinn is required tn (ship one or both vmitacting edges, .zhipping is prevented only hy tinx most painstaking varen and of Course suizh care is not ordinarily ollmrved, and in factcannot he in busy placas where. quick handling of glassvs is necessary. Also. considerable shipping and n0 little complete breakage results frmn the glasses tipping or falling over and striking their unprotected edges 0n the har counter, or other support. y

The object herein is to overcome this chippingby so forming the. glass that. the herei tofore edge-damaging force is transmitted to 'the glass beneath its tripv edge and at a This is accomplished hy so shapthe maximum diameter 0f top or lip edge is slight-ly less than the outside Vdiaiaetar immediately beneath the tp edge, with the litem/nce in diam harmful. ing the glass that Sgsecicatln of Lettes Patent.

blow will not be' PENNsYLvAnim, Assmaoa. Tc amas@ BRTN Kme-GLASS.

' Patented. Fh, 1914, Serial No. Bli.

vtm-s sn slight as tu he scarmaly nntirsahle.

insuflicicnt to naar or distort thtY d 35u or shape of the glass as :i whole. .lsia t very'slillht diainetr dilfei'enui. not si riently iniii'keil tu icai'd this nora fi the glass ur tu prevent it fram lmin pletrly draiiwd.. uur is forum nies-tion such as tn ilumidn :i hal; matter lo' accumulato, su that gil hodying thv inicnlinn nia;v 'he @han rvadil)Y :is though nf usual l3nt-in` am may la more ilimuugrhly chiant-il awr g'rvalei .safety than glasses haring i vdges. v j

The inrontinn iiialv he applied La drinking glasses varying; utiluly in shape and ln the arminp'r.nying drawings, l is a \i. part-i3Y in elevation' and paitlf in. swlion of a "straight" tuinliltv @inlaid ng; thvv invention` auf.. Fig. 'l is a vsimilar view nf a hall tuinbhi. Fig. 2l is an vlvvatinii if tno nl' tho iniprm'id tiunhhrs standing and in rnntait. und Vig. l shnus un@ nl" hallan hlm-s tipped over as nn a har m* counter.

Referring t0 thi" glass illustr-atfd in Fig. l. designates thv upright annular side kthe wall thurvnf. and ll thex 'tup miga :ir up. lnstvad of the sldv wall being strai it :is n

edge. n advantage of this particular limp mation is that. they diameter if 'the top udg@ is the same as itA would he in the: alisviwe of the. present improvement, and is the nm'- mal diameter of a Iglass of the general sli ne illustrated. This feature is in knupii'igj u a'n'important trade condition that all the glasses of a given typ@ and i match as to top diameter, liottnin dianaftw and height. It also facilitates nesting glasses. If ,tha edge. were simply .marin i Without the outward hulg, the wedling "a sultiug from nesting would he lia. break the edge; also such coastz'iiet` 'be objectonahls' as the dslacted edges. n t

be .more pronounced and less effective than obtained by the' 'seemingly slight but allsulicient cup ing resulting romthe bulge.

The short eflection D which merges into 5 edge B is preferably convex on its exteriorv and concave on its'interior, the very slight capping resulting from this formation be ing conducive to easy and thorough cleaning and not interfering. with fully draining 1`0 the contents of the lass.

The bell tumb er illustrated 'in Fig. 2 also embodies the slight concave-convex top deflection Diterminating in edge Lor lip B,

- in this form said deflection being simply a 15 'reversal of the curvature of the bell-likebulge E. This form of glass is 'largely used at soda fountains, its shape being Well suit- 'ed'for ice cream'sodas, and when formed in the ordinary way thevprojecting edgeof 20 its belled upper portion is particularly ex;

posed and even more vulnerable to chipping than the so-called straight glasses. But when constructed in accordance with the present improvement, the edge is fully pro-- 25 tected not onl from strikin other Glasses y gb e when arranged side by side, ut also from striking its edge 'when upset on Ya bar or counter.

The described shapes are merely illustrai 30 tive of thin blownY glasses of Various forms to which the invention may be applied.l vRegardless of theshape of the glass, its vthickness, Aor its method of manufacture, itis characteristic of the invention that it af- ,35 fects only the extreme top portion, and its L effect there is so sllght as to be scarcely no` ticeable to the eye, and in no Way detracts from the general shape or contour of theV glass. Thus the improvement,may be ap- 'y o plied to standard or stock shapes, or to spevmassue cial shapes, Without materially interfering with or changing the lines thereof.'

The location of the very slight deflection immediately beneath the'edge or lip-of the glass distinguishes the invention from those o fornis of tumbler-s or drinking glasses Whose bodies are bulged or enlarged in the development of designs for producing various conligurations or shapes. While the bulged bodies of such drinking glasses may serve to protect from chipping the edge or lip in at least some uses, such protection is 'only accidental or anl incident to the particular Y line adjacent to its top' edge and from said line departing from the conventional shape v in a slightoutward bulge with the upper portion of the bulge disposed Vinwardly to provide a vertically shallow inwardly delected edgecarrying lip Without inter-fer`- ing with the conventional shape or" the glass as a Whole, as described.

in presence of two witnesses. i

' FREDERICKE- ANDERSON; Witnesses:

J. M. Nssrr, F. E. GAITHER'.

o -In testimonywhereof I asili-X my signature 

